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[-] Greg@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Given the peculiar references made in the article like referring to bilbys as a rabbit-eared bandicoot chipmunk species, this is clearly a spam news site that pushes articles from legitimate sites through ChatGPT. Here is the same news article from a legitimate source https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/8/21/australia-greenlights-19bn-solar-project-to-export-power-to-singapore

Edit: this is great news though!

[-] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 7 points 3 months ago

Thanks for working this out.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The real news is always in the comments. Good human.

[-] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 4 points 3 months ago

Environmentalists agreed to issue the permit only after the developers assured the authorities of their commitment to protecting the habitats of the local chipmunk species—the rabbit-eared bandicoots.

Bandicoots are chipmunks?

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I had the same question. According to Britannica, Australian bandicoots are marsupials, not rodents.

https://www.britannica.com/animal/bandicoot

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

This seems kind of like something can and will go wrong here that really fucked up the oceans even more...

this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2024
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